Nottingham Forest 2-0 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Burnley

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Nottingham Forest · Burnley · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Burnley: match report

Nottingham Forest beat Burnley 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 8 December 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dexter Blackstock opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Dexter Blackstock (59') and Billy Sharp (76'). Burnley did not score.

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 9th on 29 points from 20 and Burnley 15th on 28 points from 20. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 8th with 67 points, and Burnley 11th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 0 draws and 5 for Burnley.

Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read L-L-W-W-D and Burnley's D-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · C. McCannBurnley
  • 59'Goal · Dexter BlackstockNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Michael DuffBurnley
  • 76'Goal · Billy SharpNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Billy SharpNottingham Forest
  • 88'Yellow card · Dean MarneyBurnley
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Chris CohenNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 0, Burnley 5.

Team news

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Nottingham Forest line-up

Danny Collins, Alan Hutton, Elliott Ward, Simon Gillett, Lewis McGugan, Andy Reid, Henri Lansbury, Dexter Blackstock, Patrick McCarthy, Lee Camp, Dan Harding

Burnley line-up

Kieran Trippier, Danny Lafferty, Jason Shackell, Chris McCann, Ross Wallace, Dean Marney, Martin Paterson, Charlie Austin, Lee Grant, Michael Duff, Brian Stock